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News/Sanrio

14.11.2025

A Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade pack is now available for Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Hello Kitty Island Adventure has been available for Nintendo Switch for about ten months, and today, developer Sunblink announced that an upgrade pack is now available for Switch 2 players. This comes as no surprise to current players of the game, as the last patch made it impossible to communicate in the game with one of each console. Only the upgrade pack is available, so players still need to own/purchase the original Nintendo Switch version as well.…

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A Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade pack is now available for Hello Kitty Island Adventure

November 14, 2025

News/Sanrio

Hello Kitty Island Adventure has been available for Nintendo Switch for about ten months, and today, developer Sunblink announced that an upgrade pack is now available for Switch 2 players. This comes as no surprise to current players of the game, as the last patch made it impossible to communicate…

A screenshot from Birushana: Winds of Fate.

Birushana: Winds of Fate will be released for Nintendo Switch in the West in 2026

November 13, 2025

Idea Factory International/News

Visual novel Birushana: Winds of Fate is a fan disc to Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei, and today, Idea Factory International announced it would be bringing the visual novel to the West for Nintendo Switch in 2026. The game features nine routes and shows fans what life is like post-war…

The key art for Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake.

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake launches globally in March 2026

November 13, 2025

Koei Tecmo/News

Project Zero/Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly originally launched in 2003, and its remake now has a release date of mid-March 2026. Emphasis on the word remake: the game has undergone a complete overhaul, offering a beautifully reborn haunting experience thanks to enhanced graphics, sound, and control elements. The game features…

Review: Sacred 2 Remaster (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 12, 2025

Retro/Reviews/RPG/Sony PlayStation 5

Sacred 2 Remaster is such a hot mess of a hot mess of a game. To be very clear: I love it so, so much. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel was released back in 2008. Remember those days? We all had PlayStation 3s and Xbox 360s. Physical retail for games was…

Coffee Talk Tokyo opens its doors for PC and consoles in March 2026

November 12, 2025

Chorus/News

The next standalone entry in the Coffee Talk series, Coffee Talk Tokyo, moves the series and its fantastical concepts from Seattle to Japan. Coffee Talk Tokyo will open its doors this coming March, bringing new faces and new drinks, but the same heart. There are also new gameplay options and…

The key art for Death Match Love Comedy!

Visual novel Death Match Love Comedy! launches in the West this February

November 12, 2025

News/PQube

While it began as a mobile game, D.M.L.C.: Death Match Love Comedy has been remade into Death Match Love Comedy! It launched in Japan in 2020, but developer Kemco and publisher PQube are bringing the visual novel to the West in early 2026. The Western version of the game will…

The key art for Spray Paint Simulator's November 14 2025 update.

Spray Paint Simulator is getting a free update on PC and Xbox this week

November 11, 2025

News/Whitethorn Games

North Star Video Games has a free update ready for Spray Paint Simulator, and it will launch later this week for PC and Xbox. In the relaxing simulation game, players start a business, bringing colour back to the town of Splatterville by using spray paint to restore worn objects, rooms,…

Review: Anno 117: Pax Romana (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 11, 2025

Reviews/simulation/Sony PlayStation 5/Ubisoft

Of all the empires in all of history, the Roman Empire seems to have a unique ability to captivate. Perhaps because it was the first large-scale European empire – the one that “tamed Europe” as such, and so people look to it as the genesis of “Western civilisation.” It’s certainly…

A newly-cropped version of Dee Dee in the DDNet news studio.

The catch-up coffee: November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025

catch-up coffee/News

Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…

The key art for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, cropped to a 16:9 ratio.

On reimagining the beginning with Dragon Quest I & II

November 9, 2025

Dragon Quest/Interview/Interviews/Square Enix

When Square Enix revealed the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, there was always the sense that they weren’t going to be done with this, and so it wasn’t totally surprising when it was announced that the first two games in the legendary “Erdrick Trilogy” would get the same treatment. Related…

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Reviews

Review: Sacred 2 Remaster (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 12, 2025

Sacred 2 Remaster is such a hot mess of a hot mess of a game. To be very clear: I love it…

Review: Anno 117: Pax Romana (Sony PlayStation 5)

November 11, 2025

Of all the empires in all of history, the Roman Empire seems to have a unique ability to captivate. Perhaps because it…

Review: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Nintendo Switch 2)

November 5, 2025

Koei Tecmo has brought its Musou “Warriors” formula to Nintendo properties five times now – twice with Fire Emblem and now, with…

Review: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Nintendo Switch 2)

November 3, 2025

Let’s face it, most of the early Mortal Kombat games are not the kinds of things that you’d like to pick up…

Videos

Podcast-in-Video: Getting nostalgic for Xenogears

December 6, 2023

Xenogears is an all-time classic, but the question is… could something like that even be made again today? That’s what we discuss…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we loved through 2023

December 5, 2023

As it is the last month of the year, it’s time to look back at all the games that were released this…

Interview with the producer and director of Dragon Quest Monsters Dark Prince by DigitallyDownloaded.net

Podcast-in-Video: The big game releases in December

December 5, 2023

Apologies that we’ve been absent from uploading these videos. Various technical issues prevented us from doing a video version of the podcast,…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we wouldn’t play on the train

September 7, 2023

Got a Nintendo Switch? At some stage you’ve probably taken it out in public. After all, gaming on the go is very…

Interviews

On reimagining the beginning with Dragon Quest I & II

November 9, 2025

When Square Enix revealed the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, there was always the sense that they weren’t going to be done…

Q & A with the developer of Minos, where you get to be the minotaur

October 9, 2025

You can always trust Devolver Digital to back interesting, quirky and different projects. One recent example of this is Minos, which is…

TGS 2025 Interview: Carrying the Somnium Torch: Kazuya Yamada on Making No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES

October 7, 2025

The AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES series is inseparable from the creative identity of Kotaro Uchikoshi. Known beyond AI for the cult-classic Zero…

TGS 2025 interview: Reimagining Folklore: Akie Nakao on Acquire and Red Dunes Games’ Monster Eater

October 1, 2025

The creative team at Acquire has always had a knack for blending traditional Japanese storytelling with experimental gameplay structures and, in recent…

Gadgets

by Matt

November 5, 2025

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

Gadget Review: ROG Xbox Ally

It’s kind of incredible that we’re already at the point where handheld PCs are onto a second (or is it third?) generation, given that they do feel so revolutionary and like a dream device. It’s also not surprising that now is the time that a company like Microsoft would now step in and take a play at it. It’s gone…

Hardware/News

The Rubik’s WOWCube combines the traditional Rubik’s Cube shape with the power of a contemporary smart device

It’s not very often I share the news of a new console from a company other than the big three (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo), but this new take on a classic toy has caught my eye. The Rubik’s WOWCube — today I learned that WOWCube is a thing! — takes everything…